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Jimmy Brings faces potential class action over driver underpayments
Class Actions 2025-07-14 10:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A law firm which brought several underpayments cases on behalf of junior doctors is investigating a potential class action against alcohol delivery service Jimmy Brings. 

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Dyno Nobel’s fight over Orica’s explosives patents fizzles out
Intellectual Property 2025-07-14 2:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Dyno Nobel has lost its bid to invalidate three of explosive manufacturer Orica’s patents for a wireless detonation device, with a judge finding it was liable for patent infringement. 

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Pauline Hanson can’t use employee’s testimony in suit against Burston
Discrimination 2025-07-14 11:17 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been given the go-ahead to amend her discrimination suit against former senator Brian Burston, but is blocked from relying on transcript evidence from his defamation case.

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Toyota can’t subpoena Shopify in case alleging counterfeit car parts
Intellectual Property 2025-07-14 2:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Toyota has lost its bid to subpoena Shopify Singapore for sales records relating to its allegations that Australian spare parts company OZI4x4 sold counterfeit tail lights and armrests. 

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Injured protestor to bring claim against NSW over police treatment
Personal injury 2025-07-14 10:45 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A protestor charged for resisting police is launching a civil case against the state of NSW for her treatment at the hands of police, with claims to include assault and false imprisonment.

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Crypto promoters clash over who owns Bitcoin Cash trade mark
Intellectual Property 2025-07-14 11:09 am By Julia Kanapathippillai

Two proponents of Bitcoin Cash have battled before IP Australia over the trade mark ‘Bitcoin Cash City’, with one claiming he coined it in a text message in 2019.

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Construction company fights new creditor on winding up application
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-07-15 11:48 pm By Sam Matthews

Collapsed Roberts Co Victoria is fighting a bid by a creditor it says should not be allowed to “come out of the woodwork” and take over the winding up application of a company that has since been deregistered.

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Construction insolvencies jump 20 per cent: report
Construction 2025-07-15 11:56 pm By Andy Sidler

Administrator appointments for construction companies leaped 20 per cent in the latest financial year, according to data released by the corporate regulator.  

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GM loses bid to strike out Holden transmission defects class action
Class Actions 2025-07-11 11:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

GM can’t strike out a class action over alleged faulty transmissions in Holden cars, with a judge saying the case doesn’t need to identify the “precise mechanical, metallurgical or engineering explanation” for alleged defects.

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Setka hits back at FWO case over alleged coercion of AFL
Employment 2025-07-11 11:57 pm By Sam Matthews

Former CFMEU figure John Setka has denied the workplace watchdog’s claims that he tried to coerce the AFL into sacking its head umpire over his previous role at the Australian Building and Construction Commission, saying the union had a legitimate political interest in polemicising against an “anti-unionist” officiating “a working man’s sport”.

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